Raf Vallone
Raffaele "Raf" Vallone (17 February 1916 – 31 October 2002) was an Italian actor and an international film star.
Born in Tropea, Calabria, the son of a lawyer, Vallone attended Liceo classico Cavour in Turin, and studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Turin and entered his father's law firm. He played professional Football at a young age, playing in Serie A for Torino. He won an Italian Cup with his team in season 1935-1936. Subsequently, he became the editorial head of the culture section of L'Unità, then the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party, and also a film and drama critic for the Turin newspaper La Stampa. During World War II, Vallone served with the Communist resistance.
Filmography
The Godfather Part III1990 · Francis Ford Coppola- The Scarlet and the Black1983 · Jerry London
Lion of the Desert1981 · Moustapha Akkad- The Other Side of Midnight1977 · Charles Jarrott
The Italian Job1969 · Peter Collinson
Nevada Smith1966 · Henry Hathaway
El Cid1961 · Anthony Mann
Two Women1960 · Vittorio De Sica
Guendalina1957 · Alberto Lattuada- Liebe1956 · Horst Hächler